Belgian authorities arrested an intern working inside NATO's military headquarters, accusing her of spying.
Nato’s sprawling military HQ close to Mons in western Belgium is where commanders plan and execute global operations and co-ordinate responses to threats © APThe intern was working at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, (SHAPE), in Mons, Belgium, where NATO commanders plan operations and coordinate the alliance's response to threats across the continent.
"A Canadian national of Chinese origin, an intern at SHAPE, was served with an arrest warrant on Friday 24 July 2026," the The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. "She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization."
Investigators withheld her name and offered no details about the country she allegedly served or the criminal organization prosecutors say she joined.
According to the Associated Press, the Federal Prosecutor's Office "launched an espionage investigation after NATO's security services tipped off Belgium's military intelligence."
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